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Jared Sullinger is going to learn how to be an NBA big from some real professionals next season. First, there’s some guy named Kevin Garnett on the Celtics roster who is supposed to be pretty good. But now there also will be Brandon Bass, reports Steve Bulpett of the Boston Herald and we got more…

The Nets like to make things hard on themselves. But they apparently have just cleared one more hurdle to making the very difficult trade to bring Dwight Howard to Brooklyn a little more possible. They may have reached a deal to get Mirza Teletović to take a smaller offer than they verbally agreed to, which…

The Raptors did not win the Steve Nash sweepstakes, but it looks like they have landed a very good and underrated point guard. At least for next season. The Raptors reportedly have reached a deal for Rockets point guard Kyle Lowry, reports Marc Stein at ESPN. The trade would be for a future first-round pick,…

The battle for Los Angeles games next year are going to be amazing. And we could see those battles deep in the playoffs. The Clippers addressed a key need Thursday by reaching a three-year agreement with Jamal Crawford, reports the Los Angeles Times. At the same time they reached a deal to bring back injured…

UPDATE 5:03 pm: No Jason Kidd, either. Mavericks officials thought they had a deal close, as you can read below, but Kidd has decided to become the new point guard for Mike Woodson and the New York Knicks. Details coming. 2:09 pm: No Deron Williams. No Steve Nash. So the Dallas Mavericks are back with…

Even Steve Nash didn’t expect to be a Laker. Well, he was hip to the idea before the rest of us were, but it was just a couple weeks ago that Nash was saying it would be hard to picture himself as a Laker. But things change in free agency. Fast. Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak…

Once Lakers fans realized that they had not imbibed so much on the Fourth of July that they hallucinated their team had signed Steve Nash… well, first they went and got another drink. But not long after another question came up: Do we keep Pau Gasol or still try to trade him? Lakers management has…

With the soap opera that is the Dwight Howard saga drawing headlines, it was not a huge story when free agent Jameer Nelson opted for free agency this summer. But with that the Magic could have lost arguably their second best player to a new home. Instead, Nelson has agreed to a three-year deal to…

The Lakers appeared to be a longshot at best to acquire Steve Nash, but unexpectedly pulled off the deal that will send multiple draft picks back to Phoenix in exchange for the two-time MVP’s services. The sign-and-trade deal will net Nash a contract of three years and more than $25 million to play for the…

The Knicks lost out on their target — they thought they were the front-runners for Steve Nash, but he chose being close to his family over his second home in New York. So now the Knicks are looking at bringing back Raymond Felton, tweets Frank Isola of the New York Daily News. Knicks have emerged…

We told you this the night that the Suns made their max offer to Eric Gordon: There is no way the Hornets were letting him go. While Gordon issued a statement — a plea really — saying he wanted to go to Phoenix it was clear New Orleans would match the Gordon offer and keep…

Could Grant Hill follow Steve Nash to Hollywood? Can you picture him coming off the bench for he Los Angeles Lakers? Maybe. Frank Isola of the New York Daily News (and NBC SportsTalk regular) tweeted this recently: Grant Hill will either join Steve Nash and the Lakers or retire, a source close to the veteran…

Miami has put on the full court press to lure Ray Allen to the Heat. Wednesday that included Dwyane Wade tweeting: 2morrow is a big day for#HeatNation.. A tweet that was retweeted and added to by LeBron James. Thursday is the day Allen meets with Heat brass and discusses joining the Heat. Memphis has offered…

When free agency started a few days back we all thought Jeremy Lin would remain with the Knicks when free agency ended. And he will, it’s just going to cost New York a lot more than it thought. Lin spent the Fourth of July in Houston with Rockets general manager Daryl Morey and gave him…

You know what they say. If you can’t have the two-time MVP and franchise player, make sure you spend $14.5 million every year for Goran Dragic and Michael Beasley. The Suns came to terms with two big free agents the same day they dealt Steve Nash in a sign-and-trade to the Lakers. First, they came…

Trade Pau Gasol. Trade Andrew Bynum and get Dwight Howard. Amnesty Metta World Peace. Blow the whole thing up. Lakers message boards and Los Angeles talk radio was filled with those kinds of comments from a rabid fan base from before the Lakers fell in the second round of the playoffs for the second consecutive…

The Lakers acquiring Steve Nash through a sign-and-trade deal with the Suns was unexpected, to say the very least. New York and Toronto were considered the frontrunners to land Nash, but being close to family and having the opportunity to compete for a championship were factors that turned out to be more important than many…

The Los Angeles Lakers just lost out on getting Chris Paul just before last season, but it looks like they now have the point guard that turns them into a contender again. They are now the West Coast superstar team to compete with the Miami Heat. Multiple sources say the Suns have come to a…

It has a nice ring of patriotism to have Spencer Hawes decide on July 4 there is no place like our former national capital Philadelphia and agree to stay with the red, white and blue 76ers. Which is exactly what happened, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports and the NBC Sports Network. Free-agent center Spencer…

It’s nice to see the Suns welcome one of their former players back for a free agent visit, even if the same people who sent him away via trade are the ones pursuing him once again. Phoenix rolled out the orange carpet for Goran Dragic this week, with team employees lining his entrance route back…